Decentralization Governance and Accountability: Academic Research and the Future of Donor Programming advances USAID’s Learning Agenda for the DRG Sector through providing a comprehensive review of two decades’ worth of research on decentralization across a range of thematic areas – local elections, accountability, social cohesion and conflict, and aspects of public financial management – in order to inform DRG strategic planning and project design with the very best theory, evidence, and practical guidance.